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Hepadnaviridae |
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Hepadnaviridae /Hep·ad·na·vi·ri·dae/ (hep-ad?nah-vir´i-de) the hepatitis B–like viruses: a family of DNA viruses causing infection and associated with chronic disease and neoplasia. Hepadnaviridae (hepad″n  vir´-ô idē), n one of the major virus families, to which the hepatitis B virus belongs. Viruses in this family have a double-stranded incomplete circular molecular structure with icosahedral symmetry. Hepadnaviridae a family of viruses that are icosahedral with a circular, partially double-strand DNA genome. The prototype virus causes serum hepatitis or hepatitis B and hepatocellular carcinoma in humans; related viruses cause hepatitis and hepatocellular carcinoma in ducks, woodchucks, ground squirrels and dogs. |
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